Over the course of a nine-day trial, Bucks County First Assistant District Attorney David Zellis convinced the jury of seven men and five women that jealousy motivated Fonder.The 66-year-old envied attention Smith received from the Rev. Gregory Shreaves, Trinity's pastor, and other congregants, Zellis told jurors, and so killed her.

"Mary Jane is going to spend the rest of her life in jail, which is a wonderful thing," he said after the verdict.